Themes in the prehistoric art of Zimbabwe

Garlake, P. S.

doi:10.1080/00438243.1987.9980033

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“…World-wide archaeological and ethnographical evidence show a range of designs of projectiles with microlithic inserts (Clark, 1969;Clark et al, 1974;Clark, 1977;Gvosdover, 1952;Leroi-Gourhan, 1983;Odell, 1978;Brooks and Wakankar, 1976;Garlake, 1987). In the Levant no complete or almost complete projectiles indicating design or mode of microlith hafting have been found.…”

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Design and performance of microlith implemented projectiles during the Middle and the Late Epipaleolithic of the Levant: experimental and archaeological evidence

Yaroshevich

Kaufman

Nuzhnyy³

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. AbstractThe study comprises an experimentally based investigation of interaction between temporal change in the morphology of microlithic tools and transformations in projectile technology during the Late Pleistocene in the Levant. Archery experiments with differently designed arrows fitted with various types of microliths representing subsequent Epipaleolithic cultures of the Levant allowed analyzing performance abilities of the arrows, identifying projectile damage types characteristic of particular hafting modes, detecting factors influencing the frequency of projectile damage and estimating the frequency of projectile damage expected to be found in archaeological samples. The data obtained through the experiments applied in the analysis of the archaeological microliths from Geometric Kebaran and Natufian sites in Israel indicate different approaches to the design of projectiles fitted with microliths characteristic for these cultures. The shift in design, associated with such important economic and social transformations as transition to sedentary settlements and a broad-spectrum economy, may reflect a demand for light, flexible and efficient projectile weapons requiring low time and labor investment for preparation and retooling. The use of such efficient weapons in conditions of growing population density and restricted areas available for Natufian huntergatherers can be considered as one of the factors that could have affected the subsequent transition to food production that took place in the early Holocene.

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Design and performance of microlith implemented projectiles during the Middle and the Late Epipaleolithic of the Levant: experimental and archaeological evidence

Yaroshevich

Kaufman

Nuzhnyy³

et al. 2010

Journal of Archaeological Science

123

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“…However, even though oral narratives support this view, shortcomings are notable in that greater reliance is placed on individual memories, which are prone to biases and distortions. Nevertheless, archaeological evidence supports the former view (Garlake, 1987(Garlake, , 1990).…”

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“…Place names adapted from flora and fauna connote to the relationship early inhabitants of Bindura had with the environment. The San and the Khoi who first inhabited Zimbabwe were hunters and gatherers (Garlake, 1982(Garlake, , 1987(Garlake, , 1990(Garlake, , 1995Mlambo, 2014) and left traces of their lives through naming places out of nature. Colonialism is memorialised by European names of farms, mines and streets (especially of the Hospital Area).…”

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“We shall know a place by its names”: Co-existing place names in Bindura, Zimbabwe

Zuvalinyenga¹

2020

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“…It starts in Angola, Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique and extends northwards through the DRC and Tanzania as far as Uganda and Kenya (Anati 1986;Chaplin 1974;Garlake 1995;Kwekason and Chami 2003;Leakey 1983;Mturi and Bushozi 2002;Posnansky and Nelson 1968;Smith 1997). Desmond Clark (1959) was the first to recognize this region as a zone of art and termed it the "central African schematic rock art zone".…”

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The Rock Art of Mara Region, Tanzania

Mabulla¹

2005

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Themes in the prehistoric art of Zimbabwe

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Design and performance of microlith implemented projectiles during the Middle and the Late Epipaleolithic of the Levant: experimental and archaeological evidence

Design and performance of microlith implemented projectiles during the Middle and the Late Epipaleolithic of the Levant: experimental and archaeological evidence

“We shall know a place by its names”: Co-existing place names in Bindura, Zimbabwe

The Rock Art of Mara Region, Tanzania

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